Doc Ayers vs. Bob Keating — Career Comparison

Doc Ayers
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Keating
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Doc Ayers built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Keating as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Ayers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.84 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 11 and 2.444 for Bob Keating. By the career numbers, Doc Ayers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc Ayers and Bob Keating

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.88
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
0.88
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.41
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.5
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.14
45.14
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.82
46.82
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.37
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.84
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4286
27
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1428.2
9
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
8.55
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.55
8.55
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.14
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
2.41
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
3.92
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.703
0.703
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.31
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5702
35.92
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
49
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.69
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
3.86
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.444
2.444
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5270
33.2
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
43
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.05
2.05
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
16
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.92
35.92
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
49

Fielding Stats for Doc Ayers and Bob Keating

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
27
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.47
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Ayers and Bob Keating

Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
299
397.78
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
451
600
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
420
558.76
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.433
0.433
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
95.79
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
79.82
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
13.3
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.66
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
15.96
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.49
21.93
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
114.41
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.61
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.6
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
57.21
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.21
17.57
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
39.91
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.29
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
72
95.79
Bob Keating
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.26
6.26
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
22.62
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.33
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.32
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.65
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Ayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bob Keating
Career
Per 600 PA